GLAAD - Alice Hoaglandhttp://www.glaad.org/tags/alice-hoagland
enSnapshots of Our Workhttp://www.glaad.org/2011/08/22/snapshots-of-our-work-16
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<p>Be sure to check out GLAAD Blog each week for updates about our latest work to build support for LGBT equality through news, entertainment and online media.</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Cami-2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-42144" title="Cami (2)" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Cami-2-203x300.jpg" alt="" width="146" height="216" /></a>GLAAD’s Spanish-Language Media team prepared advocates in New York for media interviews <a href="../../../../../2011/08/10/nyc-lgbt-community-plans-vigil-against-anti-transgender-violence/">related to a vigil held for Camila Guzmán</a>, a transgender woman found murdered in her New York home in August.</li>
</ul><ul><li>GLAAD’s Director of Spanish-Language Media, Monica Trasandes, was interviewed for an article in El Diario La Prensa, in which she discussed the importance of bringing attention to issues faced by transgender people. Monica also met with journalists from across Latin America at UCSD’s Institute of the Americas, where she led a panel on sexual orientation, gender identity and the media.</li>
</ul><ul><li>GLAAD worked with Alice Hoagland, mother of 9/11 hero Mark Bingham, <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_18720040">to place an op-ed in the San Jose Mercury News about LGBT equality</a> and the importance of sharing our stories.</li>
</ul><ul><li><a href="../../../../../2011/08/16/glaad-moves-sojourners-magazine-into-fuller-conversation-about-lgbt-issues/">After progressive Christian magazine Sojourners rejected advertising from the LGBT faith group Believe Out Loud</a>, GLAAD and the Ali Forney Center worked with the publication to publish ads highlighting the disproportionate rates of homelessness facing LGBT youth.</li>
</ul><ul><li><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/adam_carolla.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-8929" title="adam_carolla" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/adam_carolla-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="158" height="210" /></a><a href="http://glaadblog.org/2011/08/15/glaad-adam-carollas-empty-apology-is-not-enough/" target="_blank">GLAAD took action against comedian Adam Carolla after the former “Man Show” host spent several minutes of his online radio program railing against transgender people</a>. Carolla issued an inadequate response, saying “I’m sorry my comments were hurtful. I’m a comedian, not a politician.” GLAAD has now called on networks and advertisers to take note of Carolla’s long history of bias remarks.</li>
</ul><p>To get the latest updates and take part in GLAAD’s work to build support for LGBT equality, be sure to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/glaad">‘like’ us on Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/glaad">follow us on Twitter</a>!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">GLAAD in the News:</span><br />
USA Today – <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/08/adam-corolla-the-car-show-speed-channel-anti-gay-transgender/1">‘Car Show’ host Adam Carolla retracts anti-transgender slurs</a><br />
The Washington Post – <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/what-to-call-progressive-christian-who-struggle-with-lgbt-equality/2011/08/19/gIQA6J9VQJ_blog.html">What to call ‘progressive’ Christians who struggle with LGBT equality?</a><br />
E! Online – <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/adam_carolla_kinda_apologizes_remarks/258212">Adam Carolla kinda apologizes for remarks about LGBT community</a><br />
Entertainment Weekly – <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/08/15/adam-carolla-anti-gay-statements-glaad/">Adam Carolla in hot water over anti-gay comments; GLAAD issues statement</a><br />
Hollywood Reporter –<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-carolla-is-sorry-his-223176"> Adam Carolla is sorry his anti-LGBT ‘comments were hurtful’</a><br />
TV Guide – <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Adam-Carolla-GLAAD-LGBT-1036402.aspx">Adam Carolla in hot water with GLAAD for LGBT comments - again</a><br />
TMZ – <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/15/glaad-adam-carolla-lgbt-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-the-adam-carolla-show-podcast-loveline-comedy-intolerance-transgender/">Adam Carolla: ‘When did we start giving a sh*t about transgender people?’</a><br />
Perez Hilton – <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2011-08-15-glaad-speaks-out-against-adam-carolla">GLAAD speaks out against Adam Carolla’s latest homophobic tirade</a><br />
Advocate – <a href="http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/08/15/Adam_Carollas_AntiTrans_Rant/">Adam Carolla sorry for anti-trans rant</a><br />
Instinct Magazine – <a href="http://instinctmagazine.com/blog/d-bag-of-the-day-adam-carolla?directory=100011">D-bag of the day: Adam Carolla</a><br />
Metro Weekly – <a href="http://www.metroweekly.com/news/last_word/2011/08/cranky-comic-adam-carolla-rant.html">Adam Carolla rants about transgender, gay issues; GLAAD reacts</a><br />
Queerty – <a href="http://www.queerty.com/adam-corolla-becomes-the-white-tracy-morgan-by-bashing-transgender-people-20110816/">Adam Carolla becomes the white Tracy Morgan by bashing transgender people</a><br />
Towleroad – <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2011/08/glaad-condemns-adam-carollas-anti-gay-anti-trans-rant.html">GLAAD condemns Adam Carolla’s anti-gay, anti-trans rant</a></p>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:20:42 +0000Seth34274 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2011/08/22/snapshots-of-our-work-16#commentsMark Bingham's Mother Shares Her Storyhttp://www.glaad.org/2008/12/01/mark-binghams-mother-shares-her-story
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div style="width: 290px;float:left;"><img title="Alice Hoagland" src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2008/1120/20081120__ssjm1121alice~1_Gallery.JPG" alt="Alice Hoagland" width="280" height="196" /><p>Alice Hoagland</p>
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<p>Last week the <em>San Jose Mercury News</em> <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11035956" target="_blank">profiled Alice Hoagland</a>, mother of gay athlete <a href="http://www.markbingham.org/" target="_blank">Mark Bingham</a>, who was killed on United Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001.</p>
<p>As <a href="../../../../../2008/09/11/my-911-heroes/" target="_blank">previously mentioned</a>, Bingham is believed to have helped organize the storm on the plane's cockpit, preventing the terrorists from hitting another target. He was also an original member of the <a href="http://www.sffog.org/" target="_blank">San Francisco Fog</a>, one of the first gay rugby teams in the United States.</p>
<p>Since her son's death, Hoagland has become a strong advocate for the LGBT community. She recently<a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_11053782?nclick_check=1" target="_blank"> spoke at a rally</a> against Proposition 8 in downtown San Jose and regularly attends gay rugby tournaments.</p>
<p>"Those causes grew out of the wreckage of my life," Hoagland told the <em>Mercury News</em>. "I feel I owe it to Mark and I owe it to the world to fight hard for improving aviation security, and getting rid of terrorists, and helping radical Islam to realize it has moderate roots, which are much more about love than it is; and to advance the LGBT cause."</p>
<p>The article also details Bingham's experience coming out to his mother and her reaction.</p>
<p>"In that one sentence, he blew away all my preconceptions of what gay people were all about," Hoagland said. "I cried for a while, but I grew up."</p>
<p>Having personally met Alice, I can honestly say she carries with her the energy of a thousand people. She's vivacious, passionate and incredibly well spoken. To have her, a Mormon mother of a gay son, advocate for the LGBT community in the media is so crucial in changing the hearts and minds of Americans.</p>
<p>It's important for LGBT people and allies to be like Alice and share their stories in the media. A father might write an op-ed in support of his transgender son. An employee might submit a piece in the office newsletter thanking a coworker and her wife for organizing the annual holiday party.</p>
<p>If you need help getting started, GLAAD offers its Announcing Equality resource, complete with tips and tools for how to effectively change hearts and minds with your stories.</p>
<p>To find out more, check out: <a href="http://www.glaad.org/AnnouncingEquality/" target="_blank">http://www.glaad.org/AnnouncingEquality/</a>.<br /></p><div align="left">
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:15:07 +0000glaad31416 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2008/12/01/mark-binghams-mother-shares-her-story#commentsMy 9/11 Heroeshttp://www.glaad.org/2008/09/11/my-911-heroes
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It's hard not to feel pain or sorrow on September 11. Whether you knew someone who died at the World Trade Center or at the Pentagon or not, today is a universally solemn one. I have two heroes that died seven years ago today.</p>
<p>I went to Loyola Blakefield (an all-male Jesuit high school) with Dan McNeal, one of the smartest and most ambitious guys I've ever met. </p>
<!--more--><p>Our high school's philosophy was to produce students who were "men for others." Dan lived up to that moniker on September 11, 2001 -- by helping people out of the World Trade Center (where he worked) before thinking about his own safety. Every year our high school honors his memory by hosting the <a href="http://www.myloyolablakefield.org/s/84/index.aspx?sid=84&amp;pgid=347&amp;cid=872&amp;gid=1&amp;ecid=872" target="_blank">Dan McNeal Golf Outing</a>, which benefits the <a href="http://www.danmcneal.com/" target="_blank">The Dan McNeal Memorial Fund</a>.</p>
<div style="width: 335px;float:left;"><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bingham2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1623" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bingham2.jpg" alt="Mark Bingham with fellow ruggers" width="325" height="216" /></a>
<p>Mark Bingham (right) with fellow ruggers</p>
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<p>My other 9/11 hero, <a href="http://www.markbingham.org/" target="_blank">Mark Kendall Bingham</a>, is someone I never had a chance to meet, but who has had a significant impact on my life and the lives of so many other gay athletes.</p>
<p>Mark Bingham was a passenger on United 93 and is believed to have helped organize the storm on the plane's cockpit which stopped the terrorists from hitting yet another target that day.</p>
<p>Press coverage of Mark's heroism reached far and wide - from <a href="http://connection.ebscohost.com/content/article/1020115574.html" target="_blank">Bay Windows</a> in Boston to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/dec/02/september11.terrorism1" target="_blank">The Guardian</a> in the UK and from the pages of <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/magazine/life_of_reilly/news/2001/09/19/life_of_reilly/" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated</a> to the pages of <a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10287756_ITM" target="_blank">The Advocate</a>. Mark and the other passengers aboard United 93 sacrificed themselves while saving countless lives in the process.</p>
<p>Like Dan, Mark was one of those "men for others."</p>
<p>Presidential hopeful Sen. John <a href="http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2001/09/24/1" target="_blank">McCain spoke</a> at Mark's memorial service in 2001. Standing next to Sen. McCain was Mark's partner of several years, Paul Holm. In an interview with <a href="http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid36375.asp" target="_blank">The Advocate</a>, Holm said, "[e]veryone should be proud of him - black, white, gay, straight, Bay Area, New Yorkers - because of his actions that day. We in the gay community should be particularly proud because his actions broke a lot of stereotypes."</p>
<p>Mark was an avid sportsman who played rugby for UC Berkley - a powerhouse of collegiate rugby. He was also an original member of the <a href="http://www.sffog.org" target="_blank">San Francisco Fog</a>, one of the first gay rugby teams in the nation, and helped plant the seeds for the beginning of another gay rugby team in New York City, the <a href="http://www.gothamrfc.org/">Gotham Knights</a>.</p>
<p>His fingerprints are on every gay rugby team in some way or another. When I played for the <a href="http://phoenixstorm.org/" target="_blank">Phoenix Storm</a>, we chose blue and gold as our colors - in honor of Mark's alma mater, UC Berkeley. Now, I play for Gotham in New York (whose team colors are also blue and gold), a team that might never have formed if it were not for Mark's meeting with New York rugger Scott Glaessgen.</p>
<p>Gay rugby players commemorate Mark's heroism in an international tournament held every two years, appropriately named the <a href="http://www.binghamcup.com/content/blogcategory/4/4/lang,en/" target="_blank">Bingham Cup</a>. The first tournament, hosted by the San Francisco Fog in 2002, had eight teams participating. This past June the tournament saw over 30 gay rugby teams meet in Dublin, Ireland.</p>
<p>The sport continues to grow in popularity among the gay community with almost 40 gay rugby teams worldwide. News and <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3526641.stm" target="_blank">feature articles</a> on Mark helped to spur this growth, so much so it's been dubbed "the Bingham effect" by some. You can read more about that <a href="http://www.igrab.net/about" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Mark's mother, Alice Hoagland, continues to infuse Mark's spirit into the game.</p>
<div style="width: 310px;float:right;"><a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bingham.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1625" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bingham.jpg" alt="Mark Bingham with his mother, Alice Hoglan" width="300" height="199" /></a>
<p>Mark Bingham with his mother, Alice Hoagland</p>
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<p>In 2006, I traveled to New York City from Phoenix to play in the Bingham Cup. At the opening ceremonies, Alice Hoglan addressed the crowd of ruggers. She told us how the movie studio behind the film <a href="http://www.flight93.net/" target="_blank">United 93</a> wanted her to fly out and attend the European premiere. She explained how she declined the studio's offer. Why? Well, she had to be with her boys in New York to play some rugby.</p>
<p>I can't begin to describe the roar of cheers that erupted and what her presence meant to the hundreds of men and women who were there to watch and play.</p>
<p>The following day, my mother drove up from Baltimore to watch me play. While I was on the ground changing socks, Alice walked up to my mom and started a conversation.</p>
<p>I listened as the two talked about what it was like watching their sons play this crazy and dangerous game. Then, my heart dropped when I heard my mom ask which team Alice's son played for. The conversation that followed, however, was amazing. Watching these two moms talk to each other so intensely about how proud they were of their sons who were openly gay and athletes is something I'll never forget.</p>
<p>Mark Bingham wanted gay athletes to be accepted not only by their straight counterparts, but by themselves as well. Shortly after the San Francisco Fog was accepted into the Northern California Rugby Football Union, a union until that time comprised of only straight teams, Mark sent his teammates the below e-mail.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sffog.org/about" target="_blank">He wrote</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p style="30px;">Now we've been accepted into the union and the road is going to get harder. We need to work harder. We need to get better. We have the chance to be role models for other gay folks who wanted to play sports, but never felt good enough or strong enough. More importantly, we have the chance to show the other teams in the league that we are as good as they are. Good rugby players. Good partiers. Good sports. Good men.</p>
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<blockquote><p style="30px;">Gay men weren't always wallflowers waiting on the sideline. We have the opportunity to let these other athletes know that gay men were around all along - on their little league teams, in their classes, being their friends.</p>
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<blockquote><p style="30px;">This is a great opportunity to change a lot of people's minds, and to reach a group that might never have had to know or hear about gay people.</p>
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<blockquote><p style="30px;">Let's go make some new friends...and win a few games.</p>
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<p>Mark understood the power of living life openly and honestly. I take his words and his memory to heart every time I step onto the pitch. I hope you will adopt his message in your life as well.</p>
<p>May the memories of Dan, Mark, and the many other heroes and victims of 9/11 live on with us.<br /></p><div align="left">
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:14:25 +0000glaad31020 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2008/09/11/my-911-heroes#comments